Mint is a highly invasive species, and can grow up to two feet tall in a single growing season—and up to two feet wide in a year. “Most mints are extremely aggressive, spreading quickly by underground ...

Mint is a popular herb used in a variety of culinary ways, from adding zing to your tea or lemonade to providing delicious flavor to meals or desserts. It's a wonderful addition to Christmas dishes ...

Container gardening is an excellent way to bring color, fragrance and beauty to small spaces, patios, or balconies. Whether you want a beautiful floral display or a fresh supply of herbs for your ...

Mint consists of a very broad family of 3,500 plants, and all of them have square stems and opposite leaves. Aside from that, each type of mint is incredibly different; you may not have known as ...

Easy to grow and easy to love, mint is among the most common perennial herbs. Whether you grow peppermint, spearmint, chocolate mint, pineapple mint, or common garden mint (or one of the many other ...

I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container with an undergrowth of banana mint! The mint helps as a companion by keeping the weeds and ...

Gardening is a rewarding hobby, but it can also come with unexpected challenges, particularly when it comes to choosing ...

While it may be possible to start off growing these vegetables in containers, at a certain point, they’ll need more space to reach maturity and thrive. If your garden space is limited to what you can ...

Mint. It’s been used for centuries to treat maladies from gallstones to the common cold. There are more than 30 species of mint and all of them have “volatile oil menthol,” which is why mint is ...

If you love the cool, crisp, refreshing taste of mint in your lemonade or atop a summer salad, then you may be tempted to plant it in your garden. After all, this hardy perennial is easy to grow, and ...